Merchandise-exhibitor



(No Model.)

F. E.BUSH.' MERCHANDISE EXHIBITOR.

Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

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WITNESSES;

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a TERS :04, vnmo-u'mu, msumnmu n c FRANK E. BUSH, OF WEEDSPORT,ASSIGNOR'OF ONE-HALF TO WALLACE W. BUSH, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

MERCHANDISE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,989, dated March29, 1892.

Application filed November 24, 1890. Serial No. 372,445- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. BUSH, of VVeedsport, in the county ofCayuga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Merchandise-Exhibitors, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention is designed to be used in IO stores, andchieflyforcarryinglamp-chimneys in a position which displays them toadvantage, renders them safe from being broken, and ready of access whendesired, said invention being, however, also adapted to display samplesof other merchandise.

It consists, essentially, of an uncased revoluble skeleton framedisposed axially horizontally and carryinglongitudinal bars about itsaxis and hangers connected to said bars and adapted to carry the samplesof merchandise, all as hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is an end View of amerchandise-exhibitor embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front View ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the shaft ofsaid exhibitor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

o 0 represents the shaft of an uncased or exposed revoluble skeletonframe, which shaft is disposed horizontally and journaled at oppositeends to its supports. When the exhibitor is to be used forcarryinglamp-chimneys,

as shown, the aforesaid supports consist of sleeves a a, securedvertically and stationary in their position, preferably by means ofdiagonal braces t 15, connected at their lower ends to said sleeves andat their upper ends to the ceiling of the store. To said sleeves areconnected vertically adj ustably the hangers b 1), preferably by thelatter passing loosely through the sleeves and perforated at differentpoints in their length for the reception of pins 2', by which they areretained in their adjusted position. Said adjustability allows the shaft0 to be raised or lowered to render convenient of access thelamp-chimneys carried on the exhibitor.

On the ends of the shaft 0 are rigidly mounted the spiders d d, and tothese spiders are pivoted longitudinal bars 6 e e, to which are looselyconnected a series of hangers ZZZ, formed hook-shaped at their lowerends or otherwise adapted to carry removably the lamp-chimneys or othersamples of merchan-' dise. I also prefer to suspend similar hangers ZZfrom the shaft 0, and in order to maintain said hangers in a verticalposition while the shaft is being turned I mount loosely on said shaft asleeve 0 and connect the aforesaid hangers to said sleeve, as shown inFig.

3 of the drawings.

To prevent the reel or spiders d d from turning back by gravity in caseone or more chimneys a care removed from the front hangers Z, I attachto one of the spiders d a ratchet-wheel f and pivot to the hanger badjacent to said spider a dog h, which engages the ratchet-wheel, asillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In a merchandise-exhibitor, the combination, with fixed sleeves orguide-supports, of a vertically-adj ustable reel j ournaled in hangersoperating in said sleeves or guides, means for adjusting the reelvertically, a ratchet and pawl for controlling the revolution of saidreel, and a sleeve loosely mounted on the reelshaft, whereby articlessuspended from said sleeve will be maintainedin vertical position whenthe reel is revolved, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 18th day ofNovember, 1890.

. FRANK E. BUSH. [L. s.] Witnesses:

O. H. DUELL, H. M. SEAMANS.

